Friday, July 20, 2012

Marissa Mayer And The New Normal for Working Women

Marissa Mayer And The New Normal for Working WomenForbesHere are three suggestions for accomplishing that goal. High profile women blessed with supportive families and enormous resources are not the norm, but they can create a new normal. Mayer can announce her post-birth work expectations because she will ...Forbes

US Federal Reserve Beige Book: Philadelphia District (Text)BloombergIn general, business plans reflect caution, and business contacts express perspectives based on a “new normal” of steady growth at a slower pace than previous expansions. Manufacturing. Since the last Beige Book, Third District manufacturers have reported ...

Emerging marketsThe EconomistInvestors bet heavily that rapid growth in emerging markets was the new normal, while leaders from Beijing to Brasília lectured the world on the virtues of their state-centric economic models. Lately, though, the sprinters have started to wheeze. Last week ...

Pascal's Wager: A Bet for All SeasonsHuffington PostWhen many scientists pointed to these temperatures and wildfires, among other evidence, as indicative of climate change and possibly the "new normal," the Republican right howled that alarmism was afoot. The peculiar attitude of the right is that all this ...

Columbus weather: More rain on the wayColumbus Ledger-EnquirerAfternoon showers have become the new normal for Columbus, according to WRBL Chief Meteorologist Bob Jeswald. Expect more showers this afternoon, when highs will reach 91. Winds could gust to 15 mph. Rain will likely continue into the night. It'll be ...

Junk complacencyTimes of IndiaWorse is the tendency among the economy's managers to treat 6% as the new normal. IMF has just lowered India's 2012 growth forecast to 6.1%, from 6.8% previously projected. That doesn't seem to rattle our somnolent policymakers. Rather, miffed at the US ...

What Can We Learn from University of Virginia?Huffington PostWelcome to the new normal of higher education. What is the solution? There is no easy solution but once again collaboration and communication with a strong dose of transparency can go a long ways. Collaborative Governance is Important and Difficult ...

Corporate Profits Are Surging At The Expense Of WorkersBusiness InsiderHowever, in an economy that is growing at a sub-par rate with a large and available labor pool - the use of temporary versus full-time employment may well be the "new normal". This also explains why dependence on "food stamps" have surged by over 14 ...

'Totally depending on God'Gulf Breeze NewsAfter a tough battle with the disease 12 years ago, Lyle and his family finally had found a “new normal” – until last month when he was diagnosed with cancer in his voice box. Lyle, 54, and his wife of 33 years, three children, and six grandchildren are now ...

US drought: How it could impact food, water needs around the worldKNDO/KNDUNot just because, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton remarked on World Water Day 2012, "water is integral for well-being and can even pose a national security threat," she notes via email, but because facing drought as "the new normal" means that ...

The New Geography Of Success In The U.S. And The Trap Of The ...By Joel KotkinNeither candidate is advancing a reasonable refutation of the conventional wisdom that America is in the grips of a “new normal” — an era of low growth, persistently high unemployment and less upward mobility, particularly for the working ...Newgeography.com - Economic,...

The Green New Normal | Fine LineBy Rick MullinSome of the things that people hoped would be turning around by midyear 2012 aren't really turning around. Take the U.S jobs market, for example. Or the pharmaceutical chemicals market. In both cases, the statistics can be turned to ...CENtral Science

Climate Leadership From American Colleges and Universities - BlogsBy Earth Dr Reese HalterIt's clearly time for our nation to begin adapting to a “new normal,” as the climate is irrefutably changing. We need climate preparedness and models for a low-carbon American economy. In 2007, a small group of visionary college and ...Earth Dr Reese Halter's Blog

Tom Keane | In the dumps with the American Dream ...By Doug BradyAnderson Robbins calls it the “New Normal”: a dramatic resetting of our sense of what, exactly, is the American Dream. More. Comment Policy: The Editors reserve the right to delete any comments which in their sole discretion are deemed ...Conservatives4Palin

Automotive News, Auto News and Trends from Automotive Digest ...By Jon LeSageHigher mileage trade-ins are becoming the new normal for dealers. Black Book estimates an additional 900000 trade-in units will hit the market this year, with the majority of them in the 2000–2005 model year vehicles. This is not an easy ...AIN Media

what do you wanna do: everything | busblogBy busblogaircraft semi truck and super natural. sometimes i think switcharoonies are the new normal. sometimes i think youve gotta expect the switcharoonie. and sometimes i think bring it on, switcher. which is usually when the semi hits me. comments ...busblog

Uncertainty Surrounds Newspaper Staff Shuffles - China Digital TimesBy Samuel WadeOur concern is that with sensitive periods occurring so frequently in China, and with crackdown thenew normal for so many activists and journalists, there's no knowing if or when the censors will loosen their grip. Meanwhile, fellow journalists ...China Digital Times (CDT)